Terms to review for the final

False

Anicius Boethius invented a system that made possible the memorization and written transmission of melodies.

False

At one point in her career, composer Joan Tower was ordered to appear before the House Un-American Activities Committee.

False

Audiences were quick to embrace the dodecaphonic work of Arnold Schoenberg.

Scriptoria

During the Medieval Period, we can trace the development of music notation from manuscripts that monks copied by hand in rooms known as:

True

During the Renaissance Period, English and Burgundian composers popularized the use of thirds and the sixths.

Cantus firmus

During the Renaissance, what was the name composers gave to the original chant used as the basis for the main melody in a composition?

False

Francesco Landini was a Medieval composer of sacred works whose output consisted primarily of ballate.

False

Motets composed in the Middle Ages were easy to confuse with ones composed during the Renaissance because they sounded so similar.

The opera poked fun of the aristocracy, which unsettled the aristocratic Viennese.

Mozart's opera The Marriage of Figaro cemented his reputation as a master of the genre, yet it received a lukewarm reception in Vienna. Which of the following reasons does the text give as to why this was the case?

True

Nadia Boulanger was a prominent music teacher who taught some of the most influential composers of the 20th century, including Aaron Copland, Philip Glass, and Walter Piston

True

Organa featured voices that could move independently, marking the beginning of Western polyphonic music.

A piece that contrasts a soloist or group of soloists against an orchestra

The Baroque concerto is...

Contained mainly polyphonic French chansons by famous Franco-Flemish composers Helped revolutionize music distribution Was an anthology of secular songs

The Odhecaton published by Petrucci:

Individualism, humanism, and secular values started to flourish once again.

The Renaissance may be described as an age in which:

1820-1910

The course places the Romantic period in music between the years:

1600-1750

The dates given in the course for the Baroque Period place it between:

Exposition, Development, and Recapitulation

The sections of the Classical sonata-allegro form are:

True

The symphony had its origins in the overture, which was the introductory music for Italian opera.

True

The text implies that troubadours and trouvères considered themselves superior to minstrels because they composed the words and melodies of their songs themselves.

Johann Strauss Jr.

This composer pictured above wrote The Blue Danube, arguably the most famous waltz of all time. His name is:

True

Troubadours, trouvères, and Minnesingers primarily performed songs about courtly love.

Sederunt Principes

Which of the following is NOT a chant of the Proper of the Mass?

He was the father of perotin

Which of the following is not true of the composer Léonin:

Sonata-allegro form continued to serve as the basic structure for symphonies, concertos, and sonatas

Which of the following is true of Romantic form?

Melismatic

A setting of multiple notes per syllable, as in the setting of the word "alleluia" in the excerpt above, is known as what kind of setting?

False

According to the text, Classical composers believed that strict, layered polyphony was pleasing to the ear.

False

According to the text, one reason why medieval music sounds different from the music we generally hear today is that medieval musicians found thirds and sixths consonant whereas today we find fourths and fifths consonant.

Third and sixth

According to the text, prior to the Renaissance, the Church considered the following interval(s) to be acoustically imperfect:

"golden age of choral music."

According to the text, the Renaissance period was known as:

True

According to the text, the motet became a secular genre even though it grew out of sacred chant.

Jean-Baptiste Lully

According to the text, this composer was able to successfully adapt the recitative to the intricacies of the French language:

Mazurka

According to the text, which of the following is NOT considered a form of program music?

Guillaume de Machaut

According to the text, which of the following is best known for creating the first complete polyphonic setting of the entire Ordinary of the Mass by a single composer?

False

Although Ludwig van Beethoven's output was great, he didn't produce any works for voice.

Schumann

An important Romantic composer founded The New Journal of Music, an influential musical periodical still published today. He was known as a master of the miniature. His name is:

False

Concentration on vocal music during the Renaissance period meant that instrumental music continued to be used as mere accompaniment for voices.

basso continuo

During the Baroque period, the musical feature that lent harmonic support to the main melodic line of a composition was called:

American Civil Rights Movement

Identify the event that did not occur during the Classical period:

concerto grosso

If the soloists in a concerto are a group of musicians, the work is called a

Peter and the Wolf

Sergei Prokofiev was a composer who enjoyed state support under Stalin when he returned to Russia in 1936, but at the cost of freedom of expression. Which famous work did he compose while in Russia as a way to avoid scrutiny?

True

Verismo is a style of opera that used emotionally charged melodies and harmonies to depict everyday people in melodramatic situations.

They are choral music forms

What do the Renaissance forms motet, Mass, madrigal, chanson, and anthem have in common?

Bartók

Which composer traveled the countryside recording and transcribing in great detail the music of rural and small-town people?

stepwise melodies sung without accompaniment

Which of the following are distinguishing characteristics of sacred music from the Medieval period?

Elegance, delicacy, softness, and playfulness

Which of the following characteristics are associated with the rococo style?

Wagner

Which of the following composers envisioned operas as "musical dramas"—a combination of all the arts?

Erik Satie

Which of the following composers most heavily influenced the music of the French post-WWI school of musicians known as Les Six?

Beethoven

Which of the following composers was the first to make an independent living by composing?

Haydn

Which of the following composers wrote, and is famous for, twelve London symphonies?

Polyphonic songs in which instruments sometimes played one or more of the voices

Which of the following describes one of the most popular forms during the Renaissance, the chanson?

Columbus discovered "The New World."

Which of the following events occurred in America during the time period known as the Renaissance?

balanced and well constructed

Which of the following phrases best describes music of the Classical period?

Darmstadt, Germany

Which of the following places holds an annual summer school for new music that was influential in the development of total serialism and the use of electronic music?

fast, slow, fast

Which of the following represents a typical order of movements for a Classical concerto?

Romantic composers worked with traditional forms but expanded them in innovative ways to meet their expressive needs.

Which of the following statements best describes musical form in the Romantic period?

Romantic composers shied away from loud dynamic levels to make music more pleasing to the audience.

Which of the following statements is NOT true of music from the Romantic period?

Tremolo

Which of the following techniques would a Baroque composer most likely employ to evoke an affect of agitation?

Protestantism was recognized as an acceptable religion alongside Catholicism

Which of the following was a consequence of the Thirty Years' War?

Pytor Tchaikovsky

Which of the following was not a member of the Five?

A polyphonic song from the Renaissance period

Which of the following would be an example of what Monteverdi called prima pratica?

John Cage

Which one of these composers wrote music for prepared piano?

Hildegard von Bingen

Who composed the morality play Ordo virtutum (Play of virtues), dramatizing the struggle between 16 personified Virtues and the Devil over the destiny of one woman's soul?

Adam de la Halle

Who composed ˆLe Jeu de Robin et de Marion", considered the earliest surviving secular French play with music?

Esterhazy

With which royal family was Haydn closely associated?